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Saturday, 7 February 2015

Steampunk Red and Black Painted Cabinet

If you've lived in Glasgow a few years, you'll remember Backstreet Pine at Kelvinbridge... I know this piece was originally bought there about 20 years ago and I'm sure I'm going to get more.

This is a really big TV unit - cupboard at the top 2 x drawers at the bottom and made of solid pine. My customer told me she was sick of the orange pine messing up her lovely lounge design, so time for a change!

I painted all over - inside and out in Autentico's Passion Red chalk paint. The inside is then coated with Autentico's sealer so that it can be used without the very dry chalk paint rubbing onto anything.

Then I used a couple of coats of Nocturnal and went aerobic with hand sanding to break through the black into the red underneath.

This was a commission and my customer was really keen for for this to look good and shabby. It's looking pretty Steampunk!

The heavy black iron handles have been left and give it bit of an industrial macho finish.

The outside's been given a couple of coats of clear wax to seal and protect. You can still see the grain of the wood... feels great when you run your hand over the surface.

Iove it, my customer loves it - all's right in the world of ChouChou this week :-)

Even the sunset outside the shop was stunning tonight.

I really enjoyed working on this and look forward to seeing it back at it's home.